VA - Classic Piedmont Blues from Smithsonian Folkways (2017)

With a selection of indelible recordings made over 70 years, Classic Piedmont Blues captures the essence of this fascinating blues tradition. Originating in the foothills of Southern Appalachia, the Piedmont blues served as a breeding ground for cross-pollination between traditions: rural and urban, black and white, country and coastal. Swept up on the tide of the Great Migration, it was carried from the Carolinas and Virginia, north and east through Maryland and Washington, D.C., to New York City and back again. Featuring influential artists like John Jackson, Cephas & Wiggins, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, and many others, this collection offers an illuminating overview of the Piedmont style.

TRACKLIST

01. John Jackson - Truckin’ Little Baby
02. John Cephas and Phil Wiggins - Mamie
03. Warner Williams and Eddie Pennington - Hey Bartender, There’s a Big Bug in My Beer
04. Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry - Confusion
05. Josh White - T.B. Blues
06. Baby Tate - If I Could Holler Like a Mountain Jack
07. Hobart Smith - Clog Dance
08. Brownie McGhee - Daisy
09. Elizabeth Cotten - Going Down the Road Feeling Bad
10. Pink Anderson - I Got a Woman 'Cross Town
11. John Jackson - Red River Blues
12. Warner Williams and Jay Summerour - I Ain’t Gonna Pick No More Cotton
13. Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee - Sweet Woman
14. Doc Watson - The Train that Carried My Girl from Town
15. Reverend Gary Davis - Mountain Jack
16. John Cephas and Phil Wiggins - Crow Jane
17. Brownie McGhee - Fore Day Creep
18. Roscoe Holcomb - Sittin’ On Top of the World
19. Pink Anderson - Meet Me in the Bottom
20. Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, and J. C. Burris - Dirty Mistreater
21. Archie Edwards - The Road is Rough and Rocky